different warring states of japan

Chapter 2118: Fifteen Houses of the Shiba Gods

Chong Chuan and Tian Hai were both stunned. Chong Chuan glanced at Tian Hai, and Tian Hai asked respectfully.

"The saint means that Shintoism does not involve reincarnation?"

Yiyin said bluntly.

"The New Shinto does not hold funerals, and the island nation's burial affairs will be fully managed by the Buddhist sects, and only the burial sites of the Buddhist sects will be recognized and protected by the interim shogunate.

Therefore, no matter what a person's identity is when she is alive, whether she is a Shintoist or a Nanban believer, after death she will and can only be buried in a Buddhist cemetery and receive Buddhist salvation.

This is the biggest concession that Shinto is willing to make.”

Chong Chuan and Tian Hai gasped when they heard this. The Saint's thinking was really crooked. But it didn't seem unacceptable.

Religious belief is not a joke; it is a complete logically self-consistent dialectical system, such as the classic philosophical question: where do humans come from and where are they going?

The saint asked Shintoism to withdraw from death, which was equivalent to castrating part of the doctrines of Shintoism. Only by combining it with Buddhism can Shintoism have a logically complete set of values.

Therefore, as long as the Buddhist sects accept this suggestion, the dispute between gods and Buddhas will turn into a fusion of gods and Buddhas.

The new Shintoism, which has been castrated of death, cannot do without the theoretical support of various Buddhist sects, which solves the biggest worry of Buddhist sects: will the new Shintoism kill Buddhism after its rise?

Religious disputes have always been a life-and-death struggle, but if the two religions of deity and Buddha could be integrated and complement each other, that would be a different matter.

The saint also mentioned that only bodies buried in Buddhist tombs would be recognized and protected, which posed a big problem for the Southern Barbarians, the mortal enemy of all Buddhist sects.

Should the Nanman believers be buried in Buddhist cemeteries after their death, and should they accept Buddhist salvation?

No? Sure, the body will be taken care of by itself and will not be protected by the regime.

This is equivalent to the Sasaki theocracy actively endorsing Buddhism, supporting the integration of gods and Buddhas, and safeguarding the religious status of Buddhism in the island country so that it will not be replaced by the southern barbarian religion.

From the perspective of faith struggle, Buddhism cannot reject this suggestion, and from the perspective of practical interests, Buddhism cannot reject this suggestion even more.

  Because death itself is a huge gold mine. Funerals, salvation, graves, which one doesn’t cost money?

The saint was essentially selling the entire island nation's future funeral industry to various Buddhist sects, and the price was that the Buddhist sects supported the new Shintoism's foothold in the secular world.

Yiyin looked at the two people in deep thought and said lightly.

"I am the descendant of Vaisravana, but I will return to heaven one day. My descendants cannot accept that my scriptures are interpreted by Buddhism.

Let me reiterate for the last time that Shintoism is the uncompromising bottom line of Shiba Theocracy.

So, whether the Buddhist sects wish to be friends or enemies of Shintoism is for you to decide.

But I have to remind you not to let those short-sighted fat-headed nuns destroy the thousand-year-old foundation of Buddhism in the island nation.

I have said all, please do not say that I did not warn you. "

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After saying this to the two senior nuns, Yoshigin left Daitoku-ji Temple, leaving the place for the nuns to have a good quarrel. He returned to Fushimi Castle and planned to stay there for another two days.

This time, Yiyin held a knife in one hand and dates in the other, waiting for the final answer from the Buddhist sects.

He believed that both Chong Chuan and Tian Hai already understood what he meant.

It would be best if they could suppress the short-sighted fools in the Buddhist sect.

If they can't suppress it, Yiyin will have no choice but to let Takada Yukino come forward to bleed for Buddhism and get rid of some bald fools with insufficient IQ.

Everyone thinks Yukino is a lunatic, and Yoshigane thinks so too, but he never thinks that being smart and being crazy are contradictory.

Yukino is the smartest madman Yoshigin has ever met in his life. As long as Yoshigin tells her what is the most appropriate thing to do, she will kill wisely and selectively complete her goals.

Of course, if you can avoid bleeding, it’s better not to bleed.

As the saying goes, a broken mirror cannot be mended.

Every drop of blood is a rift between Shintoism and the various Buddhist sects, which will do no good but harm to the future peaceful coexistence between the two sides.

Violence is the basis of rule, but a true ruler must understand that violence cannot be abused.

Although Yiyin was not a wise ruler, he never liked to abuse violence and understood that violence could not solve fundamental problems.

This alone has eliminated too many incompetent rulers.

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Two days later, Amami and Soden led various Buddhist sects in Kyoto to come to Fushimi Castle to see the saint off.

The sisters Takata Haruno and Yukino also met with the other high-ranking nuns in Fushimi Castle and talked freely. The cavalry of the Tongxinshu went south for more than ten miles. Yiyin turned around and looked at Fushimi Castle, which was no longer visible. He believed that the atmosphere there should be quite harmonious.

The major Buddhist sects, including the Tendai, Shingon, Rinzai, Ikko, and Nichiren sects, have jointly written to the saint.

Each sect claimed that mortals were not qualified to comment on the gods of this world, and were willing to seal up the relevant classics involving Vaisravana and leave them to the New Shintoism to interpret.

In return, Shintoism has also announced that it does not care about the past or seek the afterlife, but only focuses on the faith of this life.

Shintoism and Buddhism each took what they needed. Buddhism sought the protection of Vaisravana, while Shintoism focused on the majesty of the gods in this secular life. The two sides happily reached a unity.

As for Yiyin's descendants, whether General Sasaki will turn against him in the future and pursue a higher level of divine power, is unknown.

But at this moment, all the major schools of Buddhism on the island nation had already bowed down at the feet of Yigin, the present-day god who had descended from Bishamonten, and regarded him as the guardian deity of Buddhism, and did not dare to touch his secular divine power.

The gods and Buddhas reached a consensus, and Yiyin breathed a sigh of relief. He could finally return to his own Tamon Castle in peace without having to worry about the conflict between the gods and Buddhas causing unrest in various places under Shiba's command.

Yoshigin was looking back at Fushimi Castle, thinking about the sect reconciliation, but he did not notice that Ii Naomasa beside him was looking embarrassed and hesitant to speak.

At this moment, Tachibana rode his horse past Ii Naomasa and approached Yoshikane.

Yigin came back to his senses amid the snorting of the warhorse, looked at Tachibana Kanade beside him, and asked.

"what's up?"

Kanade Tachibana said with a cold expression, just like always.

"Lady Takata Yukino asked me to report to you that a descendant of the gods of Takata Yukino is pregnant."

Yiyin was stunned and his mind was a little confused for a moment.

"Yukino? Her broken body has long been unworthy of favor, where did she get it..."

Yiyin stopped halfway through his speech, his eyes slid down from Tachibana Kanade's expressionless face to her abdomen, and his eyes widened.

"You...are pregnant?"

Yukino Takada is in poor health, so she had an agreement with Lulu, Christina and other southern barbarian women that their children would all belong to Yukino Takada's family name.

As Yukino's shadow warrior, everything Tachibana Kanade got from Yoshigane originally belonged to Yukino, including Miqing and the child.

The samurai families in the island nation place the greatest importance on bloodline. If they obtain the descendants of saints and gods, they will definitely not give it to Yukino.

Furthermore, the island nation is xenophobic. Even if the descendant of a saint is a god, if he is born by a southern barbarian woman, he will inevitably encounter difficulties in the future.

So, Yukino and the Nanman girl actually each get what they want.

The child of the southern barbarian woman had a decent birth, and Yukino also fulfilled her wish of becoming a mother of the descendants of God.

Yiyin didn't think about it at first, but when he thought about it, he naturally understood it.

  Isn’t Yukino’s child the reincarnation of Tachibana Kanade?

Ever since Yukino accepted the request of the saint and lifted the restriction of Tachibana Kanade's task of only talking, Yoshigane has been working hard for her.

If you work harder, it will come naturally.

Without waiting for Tachibana to reply, Ii Naomasa was already shocked, rode his horse forward and spoke in a lost voice.

"Are you pregnant too?"

Yoshigin looked at Ii Naomasa and said in surprise.

"also?"

Ii Naomasa blushed and nodded.

"I was just about to report it to the Saint... It was obviously me who did it first... It was in the early autumn..."

Yiyin was surprised and happy.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Ii Naomasa lowered his head and said shyly.

"I was so busy recently that I realized it late."

Yoshigane looked at the blushing Ii Naomasa, then at the calm Tachibana Kanade, and felt mixed emotions.

The fourteenth and fifteenth of our family are here now? Will this be the fifteenth family of the descendants of the Sasaki Gods?